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a sop to Cerberus
a sop to Cerberus
A bribe. Taken from the ancient Greek and Roman custom of leaving gifts with corpses so that Cerberus (guardian of the gates of hell) would pass them by. What is this money, a sop to Cerberus so that I won't tell the authorities what you've done?
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Kailyn | | KAY-lin | English (Modern) |
CibrÁN | | thee-BRAN | Galician |
Mina (2) | | - | Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil |
Hand | | [hænd] | |
Unathi | | - | Southern African, Xhosa |
Toiba | | - | Yiddish |